[Sca-cooks] Something new for me

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

From: Susan Lin <susanrlin at gmail.com>
>I will be making a Japanese feast with a few western influences for our
>Midwinter this year. The theme is The King travels East. 14th/15th
>Century Japan. The western influences are that the King would have brought
>a cook with him. I'm not even sure where to start. Does anyone have some
>good sources? I have access to a university library to borrow some titles
>from.

The oldest known extant Japanese cookbook is from the 17th century, the Ryori Monogatari. It has been translated into English by Joshua L. Badgley, who is known as Baron Ii Katsumori in the SCA.

It is available at http://food.sengokudaimyo.com/index.html

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